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Unseasonably bad weather is prompting an exodus from the country, with growing
numbers booking holidays over the Jubilee Weekend, tour operators said
yesterday.

William Hill is offering odds of only 4/1 that it will rain on Buckingham
Palace on Bank Holiday Monday, June 4.

The torrential rain and chill winds of recent weeks are also having an impact
on supermarket sales, with wellington boots and ponchos flying off the
shelves. Products to control frizzy hair caused by spring showers were also
doing well.

Weathermen have pointed out that this Bank Holiday weekend has been colder
than Christmas Day (although pedants